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Cal/OSHA “RBI” Proposal Back on Base with Revisions

Cal/OSH Standards Board’s proposal to allow so-called “risk-based inspections” (RBI) of refinery vessels is back on board after adding consensus language agreed to by the union representing refinery workers, refineries and the board. Board staff recently published a notice of proposed modifications on the changes. The RBI proposal was heard at an August 2005 Standards … Read More »

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Opera Singer on Importance of 300 Logs (3)

Pamela Dale, a singer for the San Francisco Opera who is on medical leave, is a frequent correspondent with Cal-OSHA Reporter, commenting on various topics we cover. She recently responded to our coverage of the issue of whether or not Division of Occupational Safety and Health should use its resources examining Log 300s for evidence … Read More »

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ASSE Forming Oil & Gas Branch

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announces it is forming a new branch for safety professionals in the energy industry. The Oil & Gas Branch is a subset of the organization’s Transportation Practice Specialty. ASSE says the branch is a “global professional forum for advancing issues affecting the safety, health and environmental professionals working in … Read More »

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Advisory Committee Agrees: Log 300 “Police” Bad Role for Cal/OSHA

SACRAMENTO – The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee issued a resounding “no” to the idea of the “Log 300 Police.” The question was whether Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) should, as the Bureau of State Audits (BSA) recommended, systematically obtain employers’ Log 300s and pore over them to detect injury and illness under-recording. Bad idea, … Read More »

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Opera Singer on Importance of 300 Logs (2)

Pamela Dale, a singer for the San Francisco Opera who is on medical leave, is a frequent correspondent with Cal-OSHA Reporter, commenting on various topics we cover. She recently responded to our coverage of the issue of whether or not Division of Occupational Safety and Health should use its resources examining Log 300s for evidence … Read More »

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Opera Singer on Importance of 300 Logs

Pamela Dale, a singer for the San Francisco Opera who is on medical leave, is a frequent correspondent with Cal-OSHA Reporter, commenting on various topics we cover. She recently responded to our coverage of the issue of whether or not Division of Occupational Safety and Health should use its resources examining Log 300s for evidence … Read More »

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Triple Threat

On the 100th anniversary of The Great Quake, California faces multiple potential catastrophes. Are employers prepared? Will it be another devastating earthquake? How about a terrorist strike in “target rich” California? Or a bird flu pandemic that kills thousands and turns workplaces into ghost towns? Disasters are nothing new in the Golden State, from the … Read More »

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Tally on Heat Illness Citations

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has cited 17 employers to the tune of almost $250,000 since last year’s spate of heat illness deaths and illnesses, according to information released by the Division. As we reported in COR‘s April 7 edition, many of the employers cited were in agriculture, but the list also … Read More »

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